Starring:
Steve Carell, Tina Fey
Review:
Here’s proof that Tina Fey and Steve Carell could squeeze
laughs out of a phone book. Josh Klausner’s script for
Date Night, in which they play Phil and Claire Foster, a
New Jersey couple trying to liven up their dull marriage with a
glam date in the Big Apple, rivals the Yellow Pages for […]

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Starring:
John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin
Glo…
Review:
I’m all for dumb fun. But the warmed-over Hot Tub Time
Machine forgets it takes smarts to do stupid right. Just look
at the comic roadkill so far this year: The Bounty Hunter,
Valentine’s Day, Cop Out, Tooth Fairy, When in Rome, The Spy Next
Door and Our Family […]

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Starring:
Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas
Review:
Outside of Disney/Pixar magic, you may wonder why critics
consider animation an art. Wonder no more. Just see Ponyo,
from Japanese animé genius Hayao Miyazaki. Ponyo
falls a sliver short of the maestro’s landmarks (Princess
Mono­noke, Spirited Away), but the delicate
colors and hand-drawn, proudly 2-D images are breathtaking. Ponyo,
voiced by Noah Cyrus (Miley’s sis), […]

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